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Competitive Tennis and Positive Belief

Posted on July 6, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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Comfort Is Where Dreams Go to Die

Let’s use an archer’s bullseye target as an analogy to illustrate the growth cycle of an athlete. The target rings have several colors. The black outer ring represents your child’s comfort zone. The inner blue rings represent the fear zone. The red-colored ring represents your athlete’s mastery zone. The inner circle or bullseye is yellow, representing the management zone. Top athletes have to manage the tools they’ve mastered. Common issues occur when the athlete would rather remain moderately uncomfortable yet safe instead of dealing with the uncertainties that would make a real change in their life. I recommend asking your athlete to repeat this saying:

“If I Keep on Doing What I’ve Always Done…I’m Gonna Keep Getting What I Always Got”

Solution: Improving your athlete’s performance starts by understanding the growth cycle. Athletes must be ready and willing to leave their Comfort Zone and step into their Fear Zone. Only by passing through the Fear Zone can Mastery be attained. After skills are mastered, managing those skills takes place. The pathway:

“Comfort Zone … Fear Zone …Mastery Zone …Management Zone”

My mentor, the late Vic Braden, said this a thousand times: “Once the pain of losing to another inferior opponent overrides the pain of change, the prognosis is good for quick improvement.” If change is still more painful, growth is stalled.

Changing Inner Belief

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Teach your athlete that we all have empowering and destructive beliefs. Remind them that the power of positive inner belief will become thoughts that guide their new actions.

It’s important to note: Athletes can’t outplay their belief system, so if they think they can or can’t, they’re usually right.

One of the reasons that it’s challenging to change emotional habits is that the athlete is usually loyal to them only because they’ve believed in them for so long. Changing their perspective will take commitment from the athlete, parent, and coach. If your athlete is willing to improve their inner belief at crunch time, these ten tips are for you.

Solutions: Parents, please ask your athlete to utilize the following tips:

  1. Choose inner dialog and positive self-talk that boosts confidence versus the standard negative monologue that derails confidence.
  2. Please list of all your unique strengths, then one by one, appreciate them.
  3. Employ SMART goals which are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. Reminder: Winning every time isn’t a smart goal.
  4. Develop a skill each day. Inner belief comes from growth.
  5. Seek new inspiring mentors as trusted advisors.
  6. Nourish your inner belief by exchanging pointless social media with informative YouTube posts regarding confidence and belief.
  7. The human mind magnifies the bad. So, review the matches you were clutch under pressure versus those you gifted away.
  8. Focus on what could go right versus what could go wrong.
  9. Remember: Where your focus goes, energy flows.”
  10. If you’re going to have an attitude, make it gratitude.

Changing inner belief begins with these ten simple reminders.

Tennis: Thriving Versus Suffering

Posted on June 28, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do.”

The Suffering

Izzy is a tall, quintessential California girl. When she walks into a club, heads turn, looking like the real deal. At age 16, she appears to be a WTA superstar in the making. Her father is sure that she’ll be on tour soon. Her coaches shake their heads because she looks like she could be world-class, but they know, at this rate, she won’t.

Unfortunately, with her current mindset, she’s spiraling downward. You see, she wants the rankings without the hard work. The rewards and not the struggle. The prestige, not the process. Izzy’s in love with the fan fair, not the fight. To Izzy, suffering is felt as a personal defeat. Having to work hard is something naturally gifted athletes don’t have to do. Sadly, triumph doesn’t work that way.

Solution: Izzy will have a shot at greatness if she buys into hard work and discipline. A less physically gifted athlete with a better work ethic will outperform a more physically talented athlete with a weaker work ethic. For all athletes, including the physically gifted, properly handling the pain of training determines success. Who you are is defined by how hard you are willing to work.

Intangibles

In our world, intangibles are software skills directly related to the character traits of a future college team member. Character traits are the core values and moral qualities present in an individual. Please remember that parents of college-bound athletes have very important jobs. One is the education of the below positive character traits.

“Sports don’t teach the below skills…they expose them.”

The leaders in high-performance tennis have nurtured these skills. These intangibles are educated by choice and not left to chance.

Solution: Plan on taking time daily to educate your child about the below topics:

  1. Grit: Courage and resolve; strength of character
  2. Motivation: The reason or reasons for attaining your goals.
  3. Trustworthiness: The ability to be relied on as honest or truthful.
  4. Gratitude: The appreciation of actions and benefits bestowed upon you.
  5. Accountability: The condition of being responsible for your actions.
  6. Commitment: The position of being dedicated to your cause.
  7. Respectfulness: A curious regard for others’ feelings or situations.
  8. Integrity: Having a solid moral compass and principles
  9. Honesty: Acting with fairness and righteous conduct.
  10. Effort: The amount of energy put into an attempt.
  11. Innovative: Applying creative problem-solving and advanced thinking.
  12. Competency: The ability to perform efficiently and successfully.
  13. Loyalty: A strong feeling of support or allegiance to your supporters.
  14. Ethics: The morals and principles that govern your behavior.
  15. Patience: The capacity to tolerate delay or suffering without getting upset.
  16. Desire: A deep feeling of acquiring something or wishing for it to happen.
  17. Sincerity: The quality of being free from pretense and deceit.
  18. Open-Mindedness: The willingness to consider new ideas without prejudice.

In the eyes of a future NCAA College Coach, these character traits are equally important to your athlete’s topspin backhand.

Parental Stressors

Understanding how to handle parental stressors allows you to thrive in this high-pressure environment. Parents would be wise to build coping strategies to thrive along this journey. Left unattended parental stress can have a very negative impact on your athlete’s mental health and performance ability.

But what exactly are these stressors, and how can parents identify them to adjust and ultimately limit the negative impact they can have on their athlete?

Solution: Read the following everyday stressors and identify which stressors may be affecting your life. The goal as a tennis parent is to create a plan for dealing with stressors, as they will surely be ever-present.

Organizational Stressors

  • Coaching Issues
  • Practice Scheduling/Coordination
  • Tournament Scheduling
  • Equipment Management
  • Interpersonal Conflicts
  • Perceived Lack of Support from Organization
  • Travel Logistics

Match Day Stressors

  • Outcome Wants
  • Injuries
  • Gamesmanship
  • Nervousness
  • Untrustworthy Mechanics
  • Tournament Draw

Personal Stressors

  • Lifestyle Issues
  • Work Commitments
  • Lack of Personal Time
  • Financial Issues
  • Social Factors
  • Outside Commitments

Considering how much we love our children and how much the family is committed to our children’s careers, feeling stressed can all be normal reactions to the competitive tennis world. If stress is getting the best of you, I suggest taking breaks from watching practice sessions or event tournament play. Avoid negative tennis parents that upset you. Finally, take care of your health. Make time to exercise and reconnect with your non-tennis friends.

Thriving vs. Suffering

We know that the lion’s share of gifted athletes never sees the higher levels of the sport. They possess the apparent physical ability but fall short of the psychological traits needed at the higher levels. What are the distinguishing factors that separate the athletes who thrive in the later years of high-performance tennis versus those phenoms who show great promise and then suffer and burn out?

Solution: Twelve software topics to discuss:

  1. Frustration Tolerance: The best athletes can remain calm under adversity.
  2. Focus Ability: This allows the top athlete to stay in the moment, match after match.
  3. Seek Growth: Trust in the learning process. With losses and setbacks comes the opportunity for improvement.
  4. Conquer Fear: They compartmentalize their worries and focus on their performance goals.
  5. Confidence Is Nurtured: Inner belief is promoted as a form of positive brainwashing.
  6. Effort and Sacrifice: Without self-discipline, physical talent is wasted.
  7. A Sense of Gratitude: Appreciating the journey.
  8. Innate Ability to Fight: Keeping their foot firmly on the gas from the first point until they cross the finish line.
  9. Courage: To make bold, quick, Intelligent decisions at crunch time.
  10. Optimism: In every division, to be the best, one must beat the best, which requires inner belief.
  11. Leadership: They bring out the best in themselves and those around them
  12. Ability to Suffer: Grit, resiliency, and the capacity to handle hardships.

By understanding and applying these software essentials, your athlete will thrive under the typical game-day stress of competition.

Why We Choke

Posted on June 26, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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The following post is an excerpt from The Psychology of Tennis Parenting

Why We Choke

The key to your athlete’s next level of success lies in controlling the ego. Their ego plays a big part in what they choose to apply under pressure. Winning often occurs when the athlete selects to stay on script in matches. Being on script means applying their developed strokes, patterns, and court positions in matches. It’s not just what they’ve learned; it’s what they choose to apply under pressure.

It’s common coaching vernacular to say winning stems from their choices and ability to play to win versus playing not to lose. When athletes play to win, they’re in the positive “flow state” of mind we seek. Athletes who play not to lose typically play with a fear-based, ego-driven outcome mindset.

Solution: Let’s consider why the ego is mostly to blame for choking.

The ego is what causes the competitors to collapse in some matches. The ego is responsible for thinking ahead to future thoughts and drifting away from the current situation. Such as “What are my friends, family, or coaches say when I win this tournament.” “Where’s that huge trophy going to go in my room?” “My UTR should go up to a 9.0 when I win this!” In this outcome state of mind, the ego pulls them away from the performance mindset we all seek, and disaster strikes.

Let’s go a bit deeper into choking. What causes your great athletes to shift from a winning system to a losing system? The cognitive shift from wondering into the “what if I win” mindset distracts focus and causes poor execution. Then the ego promotes the fear-based “what if I lose” thoughts which cause the athlete’s brain to be hijacked into worrying about an undesirable outcome.

It’s important to note that when athletes are scared before a big match, it’s not the fear of playing in that match; it’s the fear of possibly losing and the repercussions of the loss. You see, the fear of flying is actually the fear of crashing.

Tennis: Mindset Matters

Posted on June 23, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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The following post is an excerpt from The Psychology of Tennis Parenting.

Mindset Matters

“Every decision either pushes them closer to their goals or pulls them away
from those goals.”

Decisions Not Situations

Mark is a very athletic junior from Florida. He has a wicked serve and a pre-stretch, compact forehand reminiscent of Agassi, but he performed poorly in matches. Through video analysis, I determined it was clear that Mark’s match decisions were the cause of his match failures. Here’s what I found charting his match.

Mark’s mechanics were reasonably solid, but his reckless shot selection caused the lion’s share of his unforced errors. Mark won 68% of the points that he played inside the court. Unfortunately, he played most of the match from 10 feet behind the baseline. From the backcourt, Mark won 36% of those points. His chosen court position wasn’t exposing his strengths.

In the first set, Mark allowed fear to control his mind during mega points, abandoning his strengths and pushing to be careful. He choked after building a comfortable lead due to his lapses in concentration. After dropping the lead in set one and losing the set, Mark started set two in a destructive mindset, racing through points. His self-doubt and negative self-talk were on full display. While he occasionally played brilliant pro-level tennis, his lack of mental and emotional training was running rapid. 

Mark’s hardware skills were good, but his software skills needed development. His decision-making skills applied between-point and during changeover routines were non-existent. Every choice an athlete makes will either push him toward their goals or pull them away from them. These choices are part of the athlete’s software components.

Solution: The best way for Mark to improve his results is to shift his focus to new software development. Strategically Mark would be wise to use his strengths more often, especially on big points. Mark hit approximately 50% forehands and 50% backhands. A 75%/25% ratio would be beneficial. Also, from the tactical side, Mark should be attempting 70% of his first serves with his huge kick serve instead of the flat bomb that rarely hits its mark. Emotionally, between points, Mark needs to keep unwanted, contaminating thoughts out of his mind by keeping his mind filled with his performance patterns of play. Mark’s outcome wants trumped his performance needs, as seen in his lack of routines and rituals.

For Mark, I recommended that he fill his mind with solutions rather than a laundry list of problems. Being solution-oriented is the mindset that matters in competition.

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Posted on June 17, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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Tennis Parenting Challenges– Successful Parental Habits

Tennis parents rarely get the spotlight, but without their influence and leadership, most athletes wouldn’t even make their local high school squad. I chatted with the parents of my top nationally ranked juniors to find out what they had in common. These parents teach their children ownership of their tennis careers. Below are six commonalities found in the parents of top competitors.

Solutions:

  1. After each tennis lesson, these parents ask their athletes to teach them the concepts they’ve just learned. Learning by teaching solidifies their knowledge, which improves confidence. Communication skills enhance memorization.
  2. For each private lesson their athlete takes, they schedule a hitting session or a practice match utilizing those improvements. Solidifying stroke adjustments takes repetition. Memorizing new material in the form of plays and patterns takes time.
  3. Successful tennis parents have their athletes play sets with paid college hitters. The parent hires the hitter and instructs them to play the style their child has trouble with in competition.
  4. These parents ask them to rehearse their secondary tools, and contingency game plans in group training sessions. They know if their player doesn’t rehearse their plan B, it likely won’t hold up under pressure.
  5. If their child despises playing a retriever, they ask their coaches to stop simply grooving to each other in practice and develop the keep-away patterns used to pull retrievers out of their game.
  6. Successful tennis parents replace some of the hours of drilling with completing practice sets. Practicing in the manner, they’re expected to perform requires a different set of skills than most academy training. Software management stems from being judged, and that involves competition. Being a great competitor is different from being a great stationary ball striker.

Preparing For Pressure

Posted on June 15, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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PRESSURE

Competitive tennis is a high-pressure sport that combines physical demands with intense mental and emotional challenges. The following are the 10 most common stressors in competitive tennis, along with explanations of what causes the associated drama.

  1. Performance Pressure
  • Stress: Players are expected to win matches and improve rankings. A common emotional response is the fear of failure.
  • Drama: Losses or poor performances can lead to scrutiny, criticism, or disappointment, amplifying emotions. 

2.  Injury and Physical Strain

  • Stress: Tennis is physically demanding, and players frequently suffer from injuries like tendonitis, sprains, or muscle fatigue. Fear of injury or playing through pain adds stress.
  • Drama: Injuries often spark debates about players’ resilience, withdrawal decisions, or accusations of faking injuries to gain strategic advantages (e.g., medical timeouts).

3.  Mental Fatigue and Focus

  • Stress: Maintaining concentration during back-to-back matches can be exhausting. Players must manage nerves, momentum swings, and distractions to avoid overcomplicating winnable matches.
  • Drama: Mental breakdowns, such as poor inner dialogue, arguing with parents and opponents, waste precious energy.

4.  Rivalries and Personal Conflicts

  • Stress: Intense rivalries heighten emotional stakes, as players compete for dominance and legacy.
  • Drama: Off-court comments, perceived slights, or heated on-court exchanges can amplify stress. 

5.  Umpire and Line Call Disputes

  • Stress: Controversial calls or perceived unfair officiating can disrupt a player’s rhythm and focus, especially in critical moments.
  • Drama: Outbursts or accusations of bias create tense moments and post-match controversies.

6.  Scheduling and Travel Demands

  • Stress: The junior tennis calendar requires constant weekend travel with limited recovery time.
  • Drama: Complaints about scheduling or tournament conditions can create pressure and momentum.

7.  Financial Pressures

  • Stress: Parents and players struggle with tournament costs, coaching fees, and limited funds.
  • Drama: Financial stress can disrupt a player’s outcome needs, which adds pressure to competition.

8.  Friends and Parental Expectations

  • Stress: Constantly worrying about ranking/ratings and social media feedback (positive or negative) puts players under a microscope. 
  • Drama: Players’ reactions to criticism add stress to the competitive environment. 

9.  Career Uncertainty and Rankings

  • Stress: Rankings fluctuate with every tournament, affecting seeding and confidence. Young players face pressure to break through, while top competitors decline.
  • Drama: Ranking battles create narratives of dethroning champions or underdog triumphs, intensifying rivalries.

10.  Off-Court Controversies

  • Stress: Personal issues like school and non-tennis relationships can distract players and invite judgment.
  • Drama: Athletes feel pressure to live in both worlds. Choosing to be a champion or a normal teen requires taking very different pathways.

So, What Causes the Drama?

Tennis is as much a psychological drama as a physical contest. The drama in competitive tennis stems from the sport’s unique blend of individual accountability, high stakes, and public visibility. Unlike team sports, players bear the full weight of success or failure, magnifying emotional responses.

Frank Giampaolo (949)933-8163; FGSA@earthlink.net; MaximizingTennisPotential.com

The Psychology of Tennis Parenting

Posted on June 8, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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INDUSTRY EXPERT TESTIMONIALS For The Psychology of Tennis Parenting

“Frank Giampaolo has written a sacred text for maximizing athletic potential.”

Jon Wertheim, Editor Sports Illustrated, Author, Tennis Channel, 60 Minutes

“Frank continues to create tools for tennis players and families to help navigate the pathways of development. This book offers invaluable knowledge to help players & parents navigate the emotional aspects of the competitive environment in a healthy and productive way. A must read, Bravo Frank.”

Paul Annacone, Former Top 40 ATP, Coach of Taylor Fritz, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras

“This is an impressive and hard-hitting book. As a clinical psychologist, I strongly recommend it to any parent who wants to help a child reach peak performance. Giampaolo is a celebrated and sought-after tennis coach who understands what works and what doesn’t. Each chapter is power-packed and filled with sound advice on how to maximize performance. There’s no psychobabble here, only what makes practical on-the-court sense. Don’t just buy it. Study and apply its principles as you encourage your child toward athletic excellence.”

Clinton W. McLemore, Ph.D., Founder, Clinician’s Research Digest, Author, Inspiring Trust: Strategies for Effective Leadership, APA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Development in Psychology, California

“As a former top ATP Touring professional, now the father of two budding competitive tennis players, me and my wife go through all the same junior “pitfalls” as all the other parents. No matter that I was top 10 in the world and my wife played D-1 tennis at Virginia Tech, this junior tennis world is full of “derailment points,” none more devastating to a junior tennis player than parents doing the wrong thing.

Frank’s writing is unapologetic and straight to the point. He’s got the guts to share what coaches and parents should be teaching around the world. In this practical masterwork, Frank showcases common problems and provides clear and practical solutions that every parent and coach needs to apply on a daily basis.”

Johan Kriek, ATP, Multiple Grand Slam Champion Florida

“I’ve known Frank for a long time. He’s definitely one of the best in the business regarding the mental side of the game. Enjoy this great book.”

Eliot Teltscher, Former #6 ATP, Grand Slam Champion, & Former USTA Director of High Performance, California

“In his new book, Frank Giampaolo has succeeded in giving parents profound insight into the most important and difficult issue in creating true champions. In “The Psychology of Tennis Parenting,” Giampaolo shows how the focus on process, effort, and empathy is the true secret in developing great players and great people.”

Tim Mayotte, Former ATP Top 10, Massachusetts

“Frank Giampaolo has done it yet again. I have had the pleasure of reading most of his 10 great books, but “The Psychology of Tennis Parenting” is his best and most relevant publication to date! He absolutely nails it when addressing one of the most important challenges facing youth sports today – that of the role of the parent in the development of the athlete.

Frank understands the importance of the parent’s role in this development. We all want the best for our children, but often our good intentions produce less-than-desirable results. This is the main reason that 70% of our youth leave their sport by the time they reach high school, and tennis is no exception.

The vast experience Frank has gained working with athletes of all abilities and with their parents has given him valuable insight into specific and positive ways to address the challenges of competition. Parents of successful athletes play a critical role in their child’s development and in their ability to thrive under pressure, both on and off the court.

“This extremely well-written book provides a tangible and indispensable road map for all – the athlete, the parent, and the coach. It feels good that information is presented in a positive manner we can all take to heart without feeling we are being talked down to. In fact, it is a “must-read!” Thank you, Frank Giampaolo, for this incredible contribution!”

Dick Gould, Emeritus: Men’s Tennis Coach; Director of Tennis Stanford University (1966-2018), California

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Posted on June 3, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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Opponent Profiling: Observing their Tendencies

Posted on May 19, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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Kim “My favorite play is returning a second serve. I’ve got a big forehand, so everyone tries to serve to my backhand. If it’s a positive game point, I watch them begin their service toss. Then I slide three steps to my left and crush my forehand. It’s so fun!”

One of the keys to effective opponent profiling is paying attention to your adversary’s favorite tennis tendencies. These tendencies are their game’s recurring behaviors, providing valuable insights into their strengths and vulnerabilities. Let’s dive into the importance of recognizing these tendencies and how you can leverage the knowledge to gain a competitive edge.

  1. Identifying Recurring Behaviors

Top opponents know their tennis identity. They have preset plans that provide repeatable success. For example, a player may hit their forehand as often as possible, or repeat a serve pattern, such as hitting a big kick serve wide on the ad side and hunting a crosscourt forehand. Identifying reoccurring tendencies is essential in competitive tennis.

2. Anticipating with Situational Awareness

Analyze your opponent’s preferred offense, neutral and defensive choices. Recognizing situational tendencies lets you predict where the ball is going.

3. Assessing Movement Patterns

Observe your opponent’s movement patterns and efficiency in their court coverage. Use this information to exploit their movement limitations and create opportunities for yourself.

 4. Shot Tolerance

Your opponent’s shot tolerance is their preferred length of point. Analyze their risk-taking tendencies. Knowing this provides insight into their physical, mental, and emotional stability during matches. By understanding their shot tolerance, you can make opponents play points on your terms.

5. Exploiting Predictability

Understand the benefits of recognizing and exploiting your opponent’s predictable tendencies. Discover how to disrupt their comfort by taking advantage of their reliance on specific shots or strategies.

6. Modeling Mentors

Network with older, more advanced peers in your tennis sphere. Ask about their experience mastering the art of observing and capitalizing on their opponent’s tendencies. Gain insights from your mentor’s experiences and apply their solutions to your game.

The ability to exploit the opponent’s predictability and adjust your game plan accordingly is critical to successful opponent profiling. As you refine your observational skills and apply these strategies, you will become adept at deciphering your opponent’s tendencies and win more tight matches.

The Tennis Parent’s Bible Audio Book

Posted on May 17, 2025 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

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More Industry Professional Quotes About The Tennis Parent’s Bible

“The Triangle between player, coach, and parent is full of speed bumps and sharp curves! Everyone wants to accelerate and speed ahead to the supposed finish line. Too often what should be a fun and rewarding journey gets forgotten. kudos to Frank for providing a roadmap to developing a better young tennis player, and a better relationship with their coaches and parents forever.

This is a great resource for every coach who wants to develop great players and most importantly, responsible young adults.”

Chuck Gill, President USPTA

“This book is excellent. Parents need it. Coaches must have it! Broad topics with one goal: to make athlete successful.”

Marcin Bieniek, Tennis Island Poland

“Frank Giampaolo has created a masterpiece for the competitive junior tennis player’s parents.  The Tennis Parent Bible, in its’ second edition, clearly spells out what tennis parents need to know and understand about how to navigate their tennis playing children through this maze of highly competitive and performance driven tennis.  Don’t think about this one!  Just read it!”

Lane Evans, USPTA Elite Professional, iTPA Master Tennis Performance Specialist

“Frank is one of the most knowledgeable tennis coaches in the country. He has written, in my professional opinion, the best and most comprehensive tennis book for parents that I’ve read in my 55 –year tennis career.”

Desmond Oon, Ph.D., Former Davis Cup Coach (Republic of Singapore), Author, Master Pro USPTA

“A first-class book from a first-class coach. Frank is an encyclopedia of tennis knowledge, has extraordinary talents to share and is a model of professionalism. When all of these components come together, an excellent book such as The Tennis Parents Bible appears.

By educating yourself, your children will have better results. This book is a must read for parents to understand how to educate themselves and to appreciate the extensive process they, their children and their coaches are undergoing while their children are developing their tennis skills.”

Shaul Zohar, Manager, Kiryat Shmona Israel Tennis Center